Ed Siever vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Ed Siever
Pre-GenerationalKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Ed Siever posted a stronger line than Michael Wacha. Ed Siever posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.6 vs 3.89) and WHIP (1.235 vs 1.286). By the career numbers, Ed Siever had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ed Siever and Michael Wacha

Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.3
50.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.81
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
2.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4521
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1507
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1550
9.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
1.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
2.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.518
0.518
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
6170
36.85
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
4.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.235
1.235
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5820
34.76
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Ed Siever and Michael Wacha

Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
1.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4530
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1510
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
2.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
3.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
2.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.48
93.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.461
2.461
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
45.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Siever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Siever and Michael Wacha

Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
204
215.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
568
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
526
555.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
86.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
78.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.39
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.04
18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
96.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
106.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
40.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
24.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
64.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.24
11.87
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
16.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
136.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
23
24.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Siever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Ed Siever
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100